At the National Strip-Tillage Conference, Ryan Nell, a strip-tiller from Juneau, Wis., will share his experiments with pushing boundaries of customary farming practices and how his approach has impacted his fields. He'll discuss his soybean population studies, row width tests and why he uses a rye cover crop before soybeans.

Ty Fickenscher, owner of Upward Ag Systems, will speak at the upcoming National Strip-Tillage Conference about how intercropping and companion cropping can not only improve soil health by boosting biological diversity, but they can also boost the bottom line by providing additional cash crops and/or grazing opportunities.